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Until a few days ago, Britain was admired and respected by the average Icelander. But the UK's moves to seize the assets of this isolated European state have provoked a backlash of feeling and escalating resentment.

Government proposals for a database of all UK mobile phone and internet traffic are attacked by opponents as "Orwellian".

The BBC's Haroon Rashid says that Pakistan policy's of raising local militias to fight militants in tribal areas is fraught with danger.